Set $_SERVER variable when calling PHP from command line?

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Is it possible to pass a $_SERVER variable to a PHP script via the command line?

Specifically I am trying to set the $_SERVER['recipient'] manually so I can test email piping without setting up a mail server.

not a very clear question but perhaps you want: php script.php command_line_arguments_go_here — , May 24 '12 at 04:48

score 43 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 11 '22 at 09:45

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On *nix:

$ recipient="email@example.com" php script.php

<?php

print_r($_SERVER);

Test:

$ recipient="email@example.com" php script.php | grep recipient

[recipient] => something@example.com

Or, you can export it or setenv (depending on your OS), like

$ export recipient="email@example.com"
$ setenv recipient="email@example.com"

edited Jul 11 '22 at 09:45

Stephen Ostermiller

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answered May 24 '12 at 05:18

sberry

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Note that this is also useful for setting built-in variables such as $_SERVER['HOST_NAME']. Works like a charm! – Alex Weinstein Jun 26 '14 at 04:38
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Is there a reason this does not work for DOCUMENT_ROOT? Is there a way around that? – eisaacson Oct 22 '14 at 16:04
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Is there a Windows alternative here? – EyasSH Jan 13 '15 at 04:02
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This doesn't seem to work with PHP 5.6? Oh--it works if you run php script.php, but not if you do php -S. – John Wiseman May 08 '15 at 23:58
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@JohnWiseman I'm disappointed just as you! :( see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67808 – caesarsol Nov 11 '15 at 18:44

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '14 at 20:33

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The answer by @sberry is correct.

...but because I came to this page looking for setting default values for the $_SERVER array, when running PHP from command line, here is my own answer. Hope it might help somebody.

empty( $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] ) && $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = 'localhost';
empty( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ) && $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = '/';
empty( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ) && $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = __DIR__;
print_r( $_SERVER );

answered Jul 29 '14 at 20:33

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this was helpful for a GitHub action running CodeIgniter which was failing to pick up the path – Richard Muvirimi Jun 09 '22 at 08:46

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 06 '16 at 17:26

I personally use the following.

Example: set $_SERVER['recipient] in my PHP command line.

With OS X

Follow the instructions in https://github.com/ersiner/osx-env-sync
Append the following line to the file '~/.bash_profile' (create it, if it does not exist)

export recipient="something@example.com"

With Ubuntu GNU/Linux

Append the following line to the file '/etc/environment' (create it, if it does not exist, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables)

recipient=something@example.com

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 21 '20 at 20:38

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You can also pass two and more variables. For example:

$ SERVER_NAME="example.com" REQUEST_URI="?foo=bar" php script.php

<?php

print_r($_SERVER);

answered Apr 21 '20 at 20:38

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Set $_SERVER variable when calling PHP from command line?

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